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Mean Everything to Nothing
Rock · 2009 · 11 tracks · 52m

Mean Everything to Nothing

Manchester Orchestra

A volcanic eruption of indie rock that swings from whispered confessions to massive, distorted crescendos. Raw, spiritual, and relentlessly loud.

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It's like a choir of one man screaming his lungs out over a wall of beautiful, distorted noise.

A volcanic release of pent-up emotional energy that swings between fragile introspection and thunderous defiance.

Mean Everything to Nothing · vs · Manchester Orchestra
Basement Show+1.9σ

Basement Show saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 52m
01
The Only One
2:39
02
Shake It Out
5:11
03
I’ve Got Friends
4:57
04
Pride
5:48
05
In My Teeth
4:42
06
100 Dollars
1:50
08
My Friend Marcus
3:41
09
Tony the Tiger
3:09
10
Everything to Nothing
5:38
11
The River
5:58
12
Jimmy, He Whispers
4:09
Moments Worth Waiting For
The massive, distorted bass riff that anchors the opening of I've Got Friends, signaling a harder edge than their debut.
The transition in The River where the song breaks into a frantic, repeating vocal mantra that feels like a spiritual exorcism.
The way Pride builds from a simple acoustic strum into a terrifyingly loud wall of guitars and crashing cymbals.
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